frepnog:"Most of us may be celebrating our 50th birthdays these days, but there's no doubt about it - we've still got it."

No.

No, you don't, grandpa. Nothing sadder than old people continuing to try and play the music of youth.

I have to agree. Not only is it sad and depressing watch people who made their names by capturing the ferocious intensity of youth in music, but then inexplicably, they stopped growing and just stayed there. The whole thing about punk rock is honesty, which incidentally is why so many great musicians start by playing punk. But you grow up. Making the same music you did 30 years ago just tells me you stopped growing as an artist.

But what do they care about my opinion? I still have to work a boring job and here I am biatching about them online. So really, I'm the loser in this.

SonOfSpam:Driedsponge: frepnog: "Most of us may be celebrating our 50th birthdays these days, but there's no doubt about it - we've still got it."

No.

No, you don't, grandpa. Nothing sadder than old people continuing to try and play the music of youth.

Music styles age with the generation that produce it. To assume that punk was always going to stay the 'music of youth' is absurd.

I think he meant, nothing sadder than old people continuing to play the music of THEIR youth. Like The Who, still claiming to "hope I die before I get old."

pretty much. I am in my early 40s. I am a die hard metal head, and will be until I die, but the days of slam dancing and moshing at small clubs while full of rage and power and music are over. There is nothing wrong with continuing to enjoy the music of one's youth, but being in your 50's and thinking you "still have it" when rocking out is sort of sad. I like the Rolling Stones, Metallica, lots of other big name, old-time bands, but watching these old dudes out there still thinking that they are in any way comparable to their early days, the young hungry days, is laughable.

Punk, rock, metal, these are the musical genres of youth. When you are young, hungry, pissed off and eager to show the world what you got.

In your 50's, it just looks kinda sad - mostly because by then you are neither pissed off, young, or hungry any longer. You don't care so much that the government sucks - you need good heath care. You don't really care as much about the injustices done globally - you need the poo to move thru your colon. Looking "evil" or "hardcore" doesn't matter as much when you have 2 ex wives fighting for a cut of your royalty checks.

frepnog:SonOfSpam: Driedsponge: frepnog: "Most of us may be celebrating our 50th birthdays these days, but there's no doubt about it - we've still got it."

No.

No, you don't, grandpa. Nothing sadder than old people continuing to try and play the music of youth.

Music styles age with the generation that produce it. To assume that punk was always going to stay the 'music of youth' is absurd.

I think he meant, nothing sadder than old people continuing to play the music of THEIR youth. Like The Who, still claiming to "hope I die before I get old."

pretty much. I am in my early 40s. I am a die hard metal head, and will be until I die, but the days of slam dancing and moshing at small clubs while full of rage and power and music are over. There is nothing wrong with continuing to enjoy the music of one's youth, but being in your 50's and thinking you "still have it" when rocking out is sort of sad. I like the Rolling Stones, Metallica, lots of other big name, old-time bands, but watching these old dudes out there still thinking that they are in any way comparable to their early days, the young hungry days, is laughable.

Punk, rock, metal, these are the musical genres of youth. When you are young, hungry, pissed off and eager to show the world what you got.

In your 50's, it just looks kinda sad - mostly because by then you are neither pissed off, young, or hungry any longer. You don't care so much that the government sucks - you need good heath care. You don't really care as much about the injustices done globally - you need the poo to move thru your colon. Looking "evil" or "hardcore" doesn't matter as much when you have 2 ex wives fighting for a cut of your royalty checks.

frepnog:SonOfSpam: Driedsponge: frepnog: "Most of us may be celebrating our 50th birthdays these days, but there's no doubt about it - we've still got it."

No.

No, you don't, grandpa. Nothing sadder than old people continuing to try and play the music of youth.

Music styles age with the generation that produce it. To assume that punk was always going to stay the 'music of youth' is absurd.

I think he meant, nothing sadder than old people continuing to play the music of THEIR youth. Like The Who, still claiming to "hope I die before I get old."

pretty much. I am in my early 40s. I am a die hard metal head, and will be until I die, but the days of slam dancing and moshing at small clubs while full of rage and power and music are over. There is nothing wrong with continuing to enjoy the music of one's youth, but being in your 50's and thinking you "still have it" when rocking out is sort of sad. I like the Rolling Stones, Metallica, lots of other big name, old-time bands, but watching these old dudes out there still thinking that they are in any way comparable to their early days, the young hungry days, is laughable.

Punk, rock, metal, these are the musical genres of youth. When you are young, hungry, pissed off and eager to show the world what you got.

In your 50's, it just looks kinda sad - mostly because by then you are neither pissed off, young, or hungry any longer. You don't care so much that the government sucks - you need good heath care. You don't really care as much about the injustices done globally - you need the poo to move thru your colon. Looking "evil" or "hardcore" doesn't matter as much when you have 2 ex wives fighting for a cut of your royalty checks.

Dammit, all reasonable now. Gotta go. I thought I saw a kid on my lawn.

[img.fark.net image 452x321]The Toy Dolls formed in 1979, and they're STILL making music! Granted, "Olga" (Michael Algar in the yellow sunglasses) is the only original member, but still. They're fun punks.